Michigan Republican Rep. Candice Miller no doubt made some of her GOP
colleagues uneasy last week when she railed against the federal flood insurance program that members were about to extend for another 30 days. She compared it to President Barack Obama's health overhaul legislation, which the GOP opposes and vows to overturn if Republican Mitt Romney wins the White House.

Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich.

Here's what Miller said: "So many of us very strongly opposed to
ObamaCare, the government takeover of health care because we didn't
believe the federal government should be running the health care for our
entire nation. But apparently we have no problem with the federal
government running a National Flood Insurance Program."

The flood insurance program was created in 1968 because many
homeowners couldn't find affordable flood insurance in the private
markets. Obama pushed his health-care legislation through Congress in
2010 because millions of Americans couldn't find affordable health
coverage in the private markets.

Republicans are countering Miller's arguments, at least somewhat.
Their 30-day extension includes a mandatory study on ways to get more
private insurers into the flood insurance business.